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This week Penny Gore looks at works by students of the great teacher Nadia Boulanger , who died a quarter of a century ago.
7.00-8.30: Copland Fanfare for the Common Man New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Bach Siciliano from Flute Sonata No 2 in Eflat, BWV1031 Dinu Lipatti (piano)
Handel Zadok the Priest Choir of Westminster Abbey, English Concert/Simon Preston Tchaikovsky , arr Feinberg Scherzo from Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) Arcadi Volodos (piano)
Haydn Symphony No 73 in D (La Chasse) Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
8.30-10.00: Copland Suite: Appalachian Spring (1945) New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
Prokofiev Violin Sonata, Op 115 Gil Shaham

Contributors

Unknown:
Nadia Boulanger
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Bach Siciliano
Piano:
Dinu Lipatti
Piano:
Handel Zadok
Unknown:
Preston Tchaikovsky
Piano:
Arcadi Volodos
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Gil Shaham

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring Janacek orchestral and choral works and recordings by clarinettist Jack Brymer. Janacek Lachian Dances
Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Frantisek Jilik
10.23 Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka Maurizio Pollini (piano)
10.40 Janacek The Fiddler's Child
Brno State PO, conductor Frantisek Jilik
10.54 Palestrina Pulchra Es Arnica Mea; Quae Est Ista Quae Progreditur (Song of Songs) Hilliard Ensemble , director Paul Hillier
11.01 Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 Jack Brymer , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
11.35 Gorecki Three Pieces in Olden Style (No 3) Warsaw National Philharmonic
Chamber Orchestra, conductor Karol Teutsch
11.42 Leighton Variations for Piano, Op 30 Peter Wallfisch (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Clarinettist:
Jack Brymer.
Conductor:
Frantisek Jilik
Piano:
Petrushka Maurizio Pollini
Conductor:
Frantisek Jilik
Songs:
Hilliard Ensemble
Director:
Paul Hillier
Unknown:
Jack Brymer
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Conductor:
Karol Teutsch
Piano:
Peter Wallfisch

1/5. Chopin the Pole
Donald Macleod looks at the multifaceted personality of the man who extended the boundaries of the piano and its music. Today, an exploration of the complex tensions between Chopin's Polish roots and his career pursued largely at the heart of the Parisian aristocracy. Prelude No 4 in E minor Maria Joao Pires (piano) Fantasia in A on Polish Airs, Op 13
Emanuel Ax (piano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Charles Mackerras Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Hymn from the Tomb, Op 74 No 17; Dumka; Melodia (Elegy), Op 74 No 9 Urszula Kryger (mezzo), Charles Spencer (piano) Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 Stephen Hough (piano)
Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4 Murray Perahia (piano)
Producer Michael Surcombe Repeated Sunday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Maria Joao Pires
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Piano:
Maurizio Pollini
Unknown:
Urszula Kryger
Piano:
Charles Spencer
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

2/2. Edward Seckerson concludes his tribute to Jule Styne , looking at the classic Funny Girl and Hallelujah Baby!, as well as the less well-known shows Darling of the Day and Bar Mitzvah Boy.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House. Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Jule Styne
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Listen Up!
A concert given last week as part of the Canterbury Festival, marking the launch of Encore, a new initiative from the Royal
Philharmonic Society and BBC Radio 3, which sets out to rediscover significant orchestral works by living British composers. Presented by Warwick Thompson.
Chloe Hanslip (violin), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox

Nigel Osborne Zansa
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat (Eroica)

Contributors

Presented By:
Warwick Thompson.
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Nigel Osborne Zansa

In a special programme recorded at the Cheltenham Festival, Philip Dodd and guests explore the tensions between London and the regions. They ask whether the capital has simply become a shop window for cultural activity, with the really interesting work now taking place elsewhere. Producer Anthony Denselow

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Dodd
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

Fiona Talkington introduces highlights from the first of two Nordic Adventures concerts, featuring a commission for the BBC Concert
Orchestra, Finnish group JPP and accordionist Maria Kalaniemi. Plus tracks from the new CD by Tom Waits.

Contributors

Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Accordionist:
Maria Kalaniemi.
Unknown:
Tom Waits.

2/5. Young, Rich and Famous
By 1925 George Gershwin had already had a massive Broadway hit with Lady Be Good and crossed a musical frontier into the concert hall with his first orchestral work, Rhapsody in Blue. Presented by Donald Macleod. Repeated from Tuesday at 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
George Gershwin
Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.

Presented by Louise Fryer. Beethoven Violin Sonatas: in Eflat, Op 12 No 3; in A, Op 30 No 1; in A, 0p47
(Kreutzer) Mats Zetterqvist (violin), Mats Widlund (piano)
2.15 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor 2.50 Ernst Mielck String Quintet in F. Op 3 3.10 Schumann Fantasy in C, Op 17 3.40 Berlioz Overture: King Lear
4.00 Rossini Quartet No 1 in F 4.15 Blber Sonata XII a 8 (Sonatae Tam Aris QuamAulis Serviente) 4.20 Telemann Sonata in A (Dergetreue Music-Meister) 4.25 Mozart Symphony No 5 in B flat, K224.35 Martinu Sonatina
4.45 Puccini 0 Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi ) (arr for trumpet and orchestra) 4.50 Antoine Dessane Ouverture
5.00 Chopin Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No 2 5.05 Josquln Desprez Nymphes des Bois/Requiem (La Deploration de Johan. Ockeghem) 5.10 Webern Passacaglia, Op 1
5.20 Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor 5.30 Adrian
Willaert Pater Noster 5.35 Handel Theme and Variations
5.45 Dvorak Two Slavonic Dances 5.50 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1 6.20 Liszt Hungarian
Rhapsody No 1 6.30 Tchaikovskv Francesca da Rimini

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Mio Babbino Caro
Unknown:
Gianni Schicchi
Unknown:
Antoine Dessane Ouverture
Unknown:
Josquln Desprez Nymphes
Unknown:
Tchaikovskv Francesca

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